Original review posted Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Description: In The War of Pawns, Adam Cain, a Human lost in a galaxy of alien empires and exotic locales, fights desperately to return to Earth, only to find that his homecoming is anything but joyous. In the aftermath of a devastating attack upon the Earth, Adam learns that the Humans have been played for fools by the evil Klin race. Now he has two enemies to fight — the Juireans, and now the Klin.

Yet as before, the aliens do not realize what trouble they’re in. Now they’re up against an entire Planet of Supermen! Pity their weak and fragile bodies. Adam Cain — as well as the entire Human Race — is out for revenge!

Review 3 of 5 Stars

I read The War of Pawns, which is the third book in T.R. Harris’ series The Human Chronicles. Our adventurers have made it home, but things aren’t as they were before and the merry band is soon heading out for more adventure as the war kicks up.  As I’ve stated in previous reviews for this series, the story is really good and a lot of fun. As this is book three I hate to give away too much of the story, but the die has been cast and the alien intrigue is now clear to more than just Adam Cain and his companions as they head out to do battle and protect the interests of the human race. Once again, however, the lack of care with editing and proofreading brought down the score.  It’s wonderful to have a great story and readers want that, but when the lack of editing is evident on almost every page it becomes a problem that distracts me from the story. Independently published or not, at least have some of your friends read it over for errors and ask that they mark them. That said, I’ve had a great time running around in this universe and will probably read the fourth book that has been announced. If you enjoy a good action/science fiction adventure story this may be for you if you’re willing to take the editing errors with a grain of salt.  

Original review posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Description: In the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga, ex-Navy SEAL Adam Cain finds himself attempting to make a living the best he can in the alien universe he’s been dropped into — as an assassin! After all, with his kick-ass attitude and instinctive hatred for aliens, he’s a natural at it.

Alien Assassin is a whirl-wind adventure of incredible space battles, shoot-outs with galactic criminals, and even a love interest that is…well, a little different. And as all of this is going on, the political forces of revenge and 4,000-year-old grudges converge on The Fringe Worlds. But even as galactic forces close in on Adam and his gang, there’s one message that all the aliens begin to grasp: Don’t Mess With The HUMANS!

Review 3 of 5 Stars:

So I’ve become engaged with the story itself. It’s really a lot of fun, but the proofreading is not good. In some places the editing is so bad that you have to go back to see how the paragraph fits together. I’m not a big stickler for a small mistake here and there, but suggest the author invest just a little for some copy editing.  That being said I have thoroughly enjoyed the story. It’s a great adventure and moves along at a good pace. The story is engaging and the characters have really rounded out with the second book. Adam Cain has become more and more interesting as has his unexpected companion who leads the Fringe Pirates and we’ve gained a lot more story of what’s going on in the universe. If not for some really big editing errors that made me stop where I was in the book to figure out what it was supposed to say, I would have given it a 4. Since I’ve already started the third book I have to say I’ve enjoyed the series, but like the reader to be aware of the drawbacks as well. If you like a good adventure, this installment in the series will be happy to carry you along if you have a little patience to get through the rough spots.

Original review posted Sunday, February 12, 2012

Description: Adam Cain is an alien with an Attitude!

After all, how would you feel if you were abducted by aliens and transported into a strange, new universe away from your home, your family — everything familiar to you? Would it make you happy? Not likely!

Now imagine you’re stronger, faster and more coordinated than every alien you encounter. Would you start kicking some ass? Of course you would!

This is the story of Human superiority in the galaxy, a gritty, realistic profile of a young Navy SEAL who doesn’t like aliens very much — and he makes them pay for disrupting his happy life back on Earth!

Review – 4 of 5 Stars:
An interesting romp through the galaxy.

All in all this wasn’t bad for light reading. It moved along at a pretty good clip for a book that was trying to set up for future books. The writing was good, the characters were interesting enough and it did offer a little different viewpoint of humans out in the universe. At times, though, it seemed like the author had watched a little too much Farscape during the writing process. Since that thought kept running through my head while I was reading it, I’m mentioning it here. I’m not going to go into why self-published authors should pay close attention to the editing process since it doesn’t really affect the storyline. Having said that, there’s every possibility that I’ll read the next one just to find out what happened. I basically liked it, but have other books to finish before I get back to the series.